Farmland Atlas · county record

Galveston County, Texas

Galveston County, TX: non-irrigated cash rent $15 an acre (2026); land and buildings $15,245 an acre in the 2022 census, flagged to read with care. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 48167. Figures as of 2026-09-20.

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Cash rent, non-irrigated

$15/ac

2026 county average
TX median $27 · 13th lowest of 189

Land and buildings

$15,245/ac

2022 census · read with care: rose 188% from 2017 while next door rose a median 16%

Rent as % of land value

—

not shown: about 19% of cropland is irrigated (2022 census), so dry rent over the all-land census value is not a yield on anything

Corn yield, median

—

fewer than 8 published county corn yields

Claims paid per $100 of coverage

$15.52

2016–2025, closed crop years
TX median $29.48 · 37th lowest of 174

Farmland rented

51%

2022 census, rented from others
TX median 39% · 60th highest of 251

Cash rent

Dollars per acre, USDA NASS county survey. A break in a line is a year with no published survey; nothing is drawn across it.

Non-irrigated, 2026$15/ac

Change 2016 to 2026−3.3%nominal, $15 to $15

Pasture, 2026$14/ac

Land value

Land and buildings, 2022$15,245/acoperators' own estimate, not a sale price

Census 2012$3,604/ac

Census 2017$5,299/ac

Read with care— the 2022 census value rose 188% from 2017 while the 3 counties next door rose a median 16%. The census counts buildings and small residential farms, so the change since 2017, the rent-to-value ratio and the rank are withheld

Corn yield

County corn yield— fewer than 8 published county corn yields

Crop insurance record

Claims paid divided by total premium (the farmer share plus the federal subsidy), each closed crop year since 1989. Above the dashed line, the county's insurance book paid out more than it took in. 2026, still open, is left out.

Claims paid per $100 of coverage, 2016–2025$15.52

Loss ratio, 2016–20250.93claims ÷ total premium

Loss ratio, 1989–20251.11$3.9 million paid

Largest causes of loss, 1989–2024excess moisture 40% · wind 23% · irrigation failure 12%share of dollars paid

Drought and weather

Weeks per year, U.S. Drought Monitor, with half the county or more in D2 (severe) drought or worse.

D2 or worse for half the county, 2000–2025157 of 1,357 weeks12% of weeks

Year with the most D2+ weeks201137 weeks

Last five years, 2021–202538 weeks

July average of daily lows, 2017–202678.2 °F1991–2020 normal 77.0 °F

Trend in July lows since 1976+0.60 °F a decadewarming

Rain, April to September29.5 in1991–2020 normal; last ten years 120% of it

Days with hail 1 inch or larger0.8 a yearreports, 2010–2025; a zero is no report, not proof of no hail

Land, water and programs

Harvested cropland irrigated, 202219%

Drained by tile, 2022none reported

Farmed no-till, 20222% of cropland125 ac

Cover crops, 20221% of cropland95 ac

Acres enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program, USDA FSA, by fiscal year.

CRP enrolled, 20250 ac

Solar and wind operating, 20250 MW solar · 0 MW windnameplate, EIA Form 860

Cattle and calves, 20225,660−45.4% since 2017

Farmland rented from others, 202251%census tenure, owned plus rented acres in farms

Next door

County	Dry rent	Irr. rent	Land value	Claims per $100
Galveston County	$15	—	$15,245	$15.52
Brazoria County	$34	$60	$5,440	$16.30
Chambers County	$22	$65	$3,315	$55.34
Harris County	$34	—	$9,000	$6.15
Median next door	$34	$63 2 co.	$5,440	$16.30

Counties that share a stretch of boundary. An older rent carries its year and stays out of the median.

Cite this page

AGSIST Farmland Atlas. Galveston County, Texas. Figures as of 2026-09-20, from USDA NASS, USDA RMA, USDA FSA, the U.S. Drought Monitor and NOAA. https://agsist.com/farmland-atlas/texas/galveston-county

Every figure is a county average from the sources named below. Ranks count counties with 10,000 acres or more in farms, in the same survey year for rent, within the state. Methods: how each figure is built. Downloads: all counties, CSV.

Sources, dates and arithmetic

"Figures as of" is the date this page's numbers last changed; it moves only when a figure on the page does. Source files and their retrieval dates are listed on the data page.

Rent: USDA NASS Cash Rents Survey, county. Land value: Census of Agriculture, operators' estimate of land and buildings. Yield: NASS county corn yields, trend fitted here over every published year since 2008. Loss ratio: claims (indemnity) divided by total premium, USDA RMA Summary of Business, 1989 on, open crop year left out. Drought: U.S. Drought Monitor, weeks with half the county or more in D2 or worse. July lows: NOAA nClimDiv county monthly minimum temperature. A dash means the record does not carry the figure or the source withheld it; the reason is printed beside it.

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